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December 22, 1995 - Image 12

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1995-12-22

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themselves steeped in self-serving
agendas with dishonorable traits.
Lying, for example, is so prolific,
that Time magazine and several
TV news magazine programs have
done feature stories on the epi-
demic proportion of lying as a way
of life in America. These are the
parents who didn't understand lov-
ing unless it was attached to some-
Rabbi David A. Nelson thing material as a showpiece.
Congregation Beth Shalom They never learned respect for
their fellow man or respect for
someone else's property.
Today's 12-14-year-olds are
copying their parents' behavior,
We would like to offer these re- and what we have is "Bar Mitzbe-
flections following the shloshim, having" by ill-bred children of ill-
the first 30 days of mourning fol- equipped parents, in a pervasively
lowing the assassination of Prime ill world.
What's the solution? Likely
Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
During and after the Yom Kip- there are many, but a starting
pur-War, the byword was la datiy- point might be within one's own
im yesh mashehu, "the religious conscience. It takes significant in-
Zionists have something." This re- ner strength and character to face
flection of the valor and self-sacri- one's self and to ask if our sense of
fice of the young fighting men from conscience is at peace with our hu-
the herder yeshiuot and of the con- man actions.
Larry Dubb
tribution made to Israel by the re-
West
Bloomfield
has,
in
the
aliyah
ligious Zionist
course of a scant generation, all
but disappeared.
It has been replaced by an ex-
change of blame and coun-
terblame, in-your-face vilification
and self-righteous defensiveness,
none of which addresses the cur- PHOTO-OPS page 9
rent dangerous juncture for all
Jews.
The greatest fear we should per- the Diaspora. The footings, the re-
ceive is that of following in the foot- lationships are about equal terms.
steps of Rwanda, the former It gives us not only a spiritual tie,
Yugoslavia or Northern Ireland but also an on-the-ground, day-to-
— for that is where we seem to be day practical relationship.
heading.
When Phillip Schaengold visit-
A visitor to the Book Fair, in a ed the Emek Hospital, he found a
public sermonette, blamed all the facility with 500 beds. Sinai has
ills of modern civilization on 600 beds. He found a hospital that
democracy. Thomas L. Friedman, has done a great deal with med-
in a recent interview heard over ical technology with a lot less mon-
National Public Radio, seemed to ey. Emek spends $500,000 to $1
regard any further political dis- million a year in new technology
sent as tantamount to an act of as- and renovations. Sinai spends $8
sassination.
million.
Are we to allow ourselves to
Emek services 250,000 people
achieve what nearly five decades in the area, and also is a hospital
of Arab hostility have failed to do? used for military casualties. It
Can we not tolerate the notion that doesn't have a campus look — it's
the entire spectrum of clal Yisrael barren and built of concrete to
has not only a share in the world withstand rocket attacks. At the
to come, but also a stake in the entrance, according to Mr. Schaen-
State of Israel?
gold, the information booth is
Chaim M. Briclanan, manned by armed soldiers.
Gene M. Schramm
"Their physicians are well-
Co-Chain, Religious Zionists Of Detroit trained and heavily involved in
teaching," said Mr. Schaengold.
"The quality of care provided at
Emek is on a par with that of what
we have here in the United States.
Wasn't the article on "Bar Mitzbe- And it's done with less resources."
There is a great deal to learn
having" (Dec. 1) a siren sounding
wake-up call about a part of to- here, and we don't have to read be-
tween the lines. The Emek physi-
day's youth?
The symptoms have been iden- cians in March will undoubtedly
tified: rude, disrespectful, disrup- take something back to Israel from
tive behavior from the 12-14 set. their visit to Sinai. Our Detroiters
Let's examine some likely con- already have seen something they
tributing reasons behind this un- want to learn more about.
It's not about photo-ops any-
acceptable behavior.
Today's 35-50-year-olds, who more.
They're fun. But there is more
have created these ill-behaved so-
cially inept "young adults," are important work to be done. El

The same Mishnah which
teaches, "to save one soul is to save
an entire world," also teaches, "to
lose one soul is to lose an entire
world."
Is that what The Jewish News
wants? I am upset and perplexed,
for we need every precious Jewish
soul.

Reflecting
On the Sh_loshim

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